How to Install and Uninstall grub-pc Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "grub-pc" package

This is a short guide on how to install grub-pc on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                grub-pc
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "grub-pc" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall grub-pc on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                grub-pc
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the grub-pc package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: grub-pc
Source: grub2
Version: 2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u4
Installed-Size: 533
Maintainer: GRUB Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: grub, grub-common (<= 1.97~beta2-1), grub-coreboot, grub-efi-amd64, grub-efi-ia32, grub-ieee1275, grub-legacy, grub2 (<< 2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u4)
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, grub-common (= 2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u4), grub2-common (= 2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u4), grub-pc-bin (= 2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u4), ucf
Conflicts: grub (<< 0.97-54), grub-coreboot, grub-efi-amd64, grub-efi-ia32, grub-ieee1275, grub-legacy, grub-xen
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (PC/BIOS version)
Description-md5: 55663e0e8d42f469d665f9cc0013b733
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
Tag: admin::boot, implemented-in::c, interface::framebuffer,
interface::shell, interface::text-mode, role::TODO, role::program
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/grub2/grub-pc_2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u4_amd64.deb
Size: 131016
MD5sum: 016407adba11b2ae4eab3faf18a99b79
SHA256: ef0a1c4b523e23d83f0bce0de1888c5965ad2b6c0d9db071bdea13355ee80e66